Pilot for locomotives.



v No. 836,535. v PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

F. W.'RENNER.

PILOT FOB. LOGOMOTIVES.

APPLIoATroN FILED AUG. 3o.y1so6.

FREDERICK W. RENNER, OF HITES, PENNSYLVANIA.

PILOT FOR LocowloTlvEs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed August 30. 1906. Serial No. 332,624.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. REN- NER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at I-Iites, in the county of Alleglieny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pilots for Locomotives, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in pilots for locomotives g and the invention has for its object to provide a pilot of a resilient nature which will not injure persons contacting with the same.

Another object of this invention is to provide a pilot that can be folded when not being used; further, to provide a pilot which wi l be strong and durable and comparatively ineXpensi ve to manufacture.

To this end I have constructed my improved pilot similar to a street-car fender, the pilot being adapted to support a being or object that is accidentally struck by the pilot.

W'ith the above and other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, to be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings accompanying this specification, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved pilot, illustrating the same in connectionwith a locomotive. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the pilot. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of a socket connection of the pilot. Fig. 4 is a plan of one of the side rails of the pilot.

To put my invention into practice, I provide the forward bolster 1 of a locomotive with two depending straps 2, to the lower ends of which are pivotally connected arms 3. The confronting ends of the arms 3 are pro vided with sockets 16 to receive lugs or knobs 17, carried by the side rails 18 of the pilot-frame 19. The front rail 20 of said frame is covered with rubber 21 or a similar resilient material, and between the side rails 18 are arranged transverse bars 22, carrying slats 23. The ends of the rails 18 are provided with sockets 24, in which a guard-frame' is mounted. An inverted-U-shaped frame 25 constitutes the guard-frame, said frame having bars 26 and slots 27, similar to the frame 19.

The side rails 18 of the frame 19 are connected to the frame 25 by coiled springs 28 and chains 29, the former assisting in closing or folding the frames 19 and 25, while the latter maintain the frames at approximately right angles to one another while being used. To support the arms 3 and the pilot-frames 19 and 25, I employ chains 30, having large or elongated links 31. The chains 30 are connected to the arms 3, as at 32, and to hooks 33, carried by the forward end of theboiler 34 of the locomotive.

Chains 35 are arranged between the arms and the rails 18 to prevent the frame 19 from tilting between the arms 3. A cross-rod 36, carried by the arms 3, is also employed to prevent the frame 19 from tilting.

The normal and useful position of the pilot is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, where it will be observed that the pilot is firmly supported a safe distance above the track upon which the locomotive travels. When the forward end of the locomotive is to be attached to a car or the pilot is not in use, the frame 19 and arms 3 are elevated to a vertical position and secured by engaging one of the large links 31 of each of the chains 30 upon the hooks 33 of the locomotive. The frames 19 and 25 are then secured together by a chain 37, carried by the frame 25 and adapted to engage in the eyelet 38, carried by the frame 19.

I do not care to confine myself to the material from which the pilot is made, but preferably use light and durable metal, thereby dispensing with the cumbersome and unsightly pilot heretofore used in connection with locomotives.

Such changes in the details of construction as are permissible by the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination with a locomotive of a pilot carried by the forward bolster thereof, and consisting of straps, arms hinged to said straps, a frame carried by said arms, slots arranged in said frame, a resilient co ver carried by the forward rail thereof, a guard-frame connecting with said frame, slots arranged in said trarne, coiled springs connecting said springs connecting said frames, and chains 1o frames, chains connecting said frames, and connecting With said locomotive and supportchains connecting with said arms and the ing said arms, substantiallyas described.

boiler of said locomotive to support said pilot `In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature 5 in front of said locomotive substantially as in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

described. FREDERICK W. RENNER. 2. The combination With a locomotive, of Witnesses: l straps carried thereby, arms hinged to said CHAs. UHLINGER,

straps, folding frames carried by said arms, LYNN NICHOLAS. 

